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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11620
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14906
13 Actual Demand 11301
14 Aggregate Planning 12351
15 Air Cargo 10253
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6753
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35019
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15424
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19446
20 Assembly Line 22804
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23138
22 Average Speed of Answer 26671
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23367
24 Batch Production 38732
25 Bill Discounting 14702
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11388
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7258
28 Blanket Release 10145
29 Bonded Warehouse 10177
30 Booking Number 14009
31 Bottleneck 9683
32 Buffer Stock 59630
33 Build to Stock 13135
34 Bullwhip Effect 9828
35 Business Logistics 26016
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12688
37 Capacity Management 41061
38 Capacity Utilization 14275
39 Capital Intensive 8567
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8921
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12269
42 Certified Supplier 9053
43 Channel Effectiveness 9040
44 Co-Destiny 9421
45 Co-managed Inventory 12704
46 Co-Packers 11899
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6998
48 Computer-Based Training 7787
49 Consular Invoice 19998
50 Container Depot 10715
51 Container Freight Station 10365
52 Continuous Replenishment 19701
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12197
54 Contract Carrier 7388
55 Contract of Affreightment 11534
56 Control Charts 8050
57 Cost Flow 10394
58 Courier Service 15393
59 CPFR 8327
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11922
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44496
62 Date Code 18505
63 Days of Supply 19997
64 Dead on Arrival 9476
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7412
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8240
67 Detective Control 9028
68 Devanning 14333
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11095
70 Dispatching 24775
71 Distributed Inventory 8460
72 Distribution Channel Management 35105
73 Distribution Metrics 9300
74 Distribution Planning 24362
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15400
76 Double Marginalization 52989
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22545
78 Dual 5517
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20748
80 Echelon Inventory 26406
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38431
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50125
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7725
84 Efficient Frontier 25707
85 Engineer-to-Order 31952
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16768
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8431
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13656
91 Exponential smoothing 9929
92 External Growth 10213
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9639
94 Field Services 7820
95 Field Warehouse 10932
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8953
97 Fishbone Diagram 14746
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27297
99 Flow Through Distribution 12459
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
101 FOB Destination 13199
102 Forward buying 30393
103 Freight Charge 10513
104 Freight Consolidation 7617
105 Gantt Chart 8369
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11891
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29752
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12818
109 Hub 23611
110 Idle Time 8167
 
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